It's Time...

 

A little reminder this morning that Episode 2 of the Everyone's Gone to the Moon Podcast, "There's Something in the Air", is still available on Buzzsprout, wherever you download your favorites podcasts, and on my website where you will find additional resources and clips used in the episode. Episode 3: The Music Revolution, debuts next Monday (12/4).

I'm also gearing up for the holiday book signing season. I'll be signing copies of "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" at the following locations starting this Saturday (12/2) at Litcon in Mobile, Alabama. I'll be signing from 10am to 4pm at Bishop State College along with a group of very talented authors from the area. If you're an aspiring writer, a published author, or an avid reader, come by and visit and maybe pick up a Christmas present for the reader in your life...or yourself.

Here are the other dates through January so far:

December 2: Litcon, Bishop State Community College, 351 N. Broad St., Mobile, AL - 10am-4pm

December 9: Page & Palette, 32 S. Section St., Fairhope, AL - 1pm-3pm

December 16: Barnes & Noble, 30500 AL181, Spanish Fort, AL - 11am - 1pm

January 13: Pensters Writing Group, Fairhope Museum, 24 N.Section St., Fairhope, AL 10am-12pm

Everyone's Gone to the Moon Podcast Episode 2

 

I'm pleased to announce that episode 2 of the companion podcast to Everyone's Gone to the Moon has posted. You can listen / download the episode (and episode 1) from BuzzSprout or your favorite podcast host. 

In this episode, I will continue my look back at the memorable and obscure news and pop culture stories of July 1969 and the preparations for the launch of Apollo 11. This week, I focus on protests that were erupting in cities around the world, and they were not all anti-war protests.

Additional resources including clips aired during this episode may be found on my website. Episode 3 will debut December 4, 2023.

Book Q&A Question 3

 One more reader question answered this week about my new book "Everyone's Gone to the Moon."

Book Q&A Question 2

Continuing the Everyone's Gone to the Moon Q&A this morning with question #2. Be sure to pick up your copy of the book at your favorite local book store or online retailer! And thank you!!

 

Book Q&A Question 1

 I've been getting a few questions about the new book, "Everyone's Gone to the Moon: July 1969, Life on Earth, and the Epic Voyage of Apollo 11", so I thought it would be a good idea to do a few Q&A sessions. There I go thinking again. My Mom would always tell me that. "There you go thinking again." Anyway, question 1. More to comes.

And We're Back

 

Good morning, everyone! Well, I have finally settled into the new home and I can tell you, it has been great to get back to a familiar routine – up at 4am, grab a cup of hot mango green tea and an onion bagel, then head off into the comfy confines of my writing room to get lost typing away at the keyboard getting lost down the rabbit hole of a story. Who knows where it will lead today?

While I really love researching and writing my outdoor recreation guides for Falcon, there is a calming peace getting lost in a fictional world of my own making or heading down the back alleys of history to uncover some little known or forgotten tale. For me, it’s almost like serenely floating down a black water river, not knowing what lies ahead around the next bend at that sandbar up ahead.

And that’s where I am this morning. Luxuriating in a make believe world set in the early 1940s as a mystery unfolds at a radio station in a bustling Southern city (could the characters be patterned after the many quirky personalities I met in my early days in radio?) Now, if I can only stay on course. I have a mind that tends to wander, but isn’t that what writing is all about and what writers do?

It was a nice break from writing during the move the last two months but I can tell you, I missed it and there are a lot of articles, book proposals, and manuscripts waiting to be unleashed. I can’t wait to get all of this to paper, or Word document, anyway.

Stay tuned!

The EGM Podcast is On the Air

Now that my latest book, Everyone's Gone to the Moon, is out in book stores, it's time to introduce the companion podcast. The first episode, "Independence Day," is available right now on BuzzSprout or on the podcast platforms listed below (click the image to access them.) 

You can also hear the podcast on my website where you will have access to additional resources used in the production of the episode. 

The podcast will be a bi-monthly production.

I hope you enjoy it! I look forward to hearing your comments on each episode.